Bastion (XBox 360)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 73 reviews of Bastion (XBox 360). The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other Xbox 360 Games for all reviews. Comments about the design and price are overall positive. The action and gameplay also get good feedback.

story, gameplay, action, price, design

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Xbox 360 Games the Bastion (XBox 360) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 90/100 = Excellent quality.

Bastion

"Kid gets up, sets off for the Bastion." These words spoken by the gruff-voiced narrator start my adventure in Bastion. As I make my way through the perilous world, a mellow acoustic track filling the background, the narrator makes quips about my...

Bastion

The game's immediate charm lies with its 16-bit influenced style, but its true identity is undoubtedly in the hands (and voice) of its ultimately cool and unseen narrator. It all comes together in a remarkable package that will keep you gripped until...

The trainer also gives you the ability to add XP instantly, which helps you level up a ton faster, thus progressing through the game even faster and getting to use some of the other weapons. Strangely, I found myself using the healing potions cheat,...

Bastion Review (Xbox 360)

It is this flexibility which keeps Bastion fresh from beginning to end. The variety of weapons, ranging from repeating crossbows to hammers to mortars, are satisfying to use and they're introduced at an intelligent pace. The moment you feel you've...

Bastion Review - Frictionless Insight

The Calamity has left Caelondia shattered. Literally. All that remains of a thriving city are tiny floating fragments and scattered survivors, human and otherwise. A hard-boiled kid with a smattering of fighting expertise allies himself with an older...

The Calamity has left Caelondia shattered. Literally. All that remains of a thriving city are tiny floating fragments and scattered survivors, human and otherwise. A hard-boiled kid with a smattering of fighting expertise allies himself with an older...

Bastion Review

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Bastion Review: XBLA gets another modern classic

There's a summer slowdown when it comes to disc-based games, but no shortage of great XBLA titles. Brian Lelas lets us know about Bastion in a review.

Are videogames art? This question has been bounced around a lot in recent years. In the case of Bastion, the answer is a resounding ?yes.? The simplistic yet dynamic combat, the ever-changing world of fantastic imagination and the amazing voice-over...

Bastion - Xbox 360 review at Thunderbolt Games

The Kid is a nobody. The Calamity happens, everything he's ever held dear and everyone he's ever known are gone, washed away like a memory. He makes his way to the Bastion, where he meets Rucks. As one of only two Caelondian survivors of The Calamity,...

Bastion review [360]

The Summer of Arcade has featured some great games in the past – the likes of Braid, Limbo, and Super Meat Boy, for example. But Bastion, from Supergiant Games, achieves a new level of quality in many ways. Few XBLA releases combine such striking...

Bastion

An RPG game heads into philosophical territory.

Bastion is a post-apocalyptic work, yet it’s almost never grim. Its premise is that even when the future seems to have been consumed by past calamity, the only way to go is forward. But does moving ahead after a disaster mean rebuilding what was there,...